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Show The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand August 11, 1977 The Utah Independent Page 3 pulled from under its feet and the AMEND CORPS will be and chaos panic resulting AUTHORITY worse than any economic or U.S. Washington T Idahos 1 monetary disaster to date." Senator Jim McClure and seven know, weve all heard this belore, other senators will attempt to but this time they all agree and amend the controversial Section have put a timetable on it. 404 of the Water Pollution Control Howard Ruff, who hasnt Act to remove Army Corps of missed yet, tells us that it will start Engineers authority over all by the second quarter of 1978. The waters. jonly thing in doubt is whether it THE FOUNDERS HAD A McClure, part of an eight-senatwill go bang! or just start a fast SOLUTION bipartisan group, will slide into depths never before Is this condition in Salt Lake attempt to reverse a federal court known. so so new and that unique County decision which gave the Corps The temperament of the SALTER SAYS: the Founders of the Republic could in American people is not like it was authority over virtually all water not foresee it? Not at all. In fact, the United States. The amendment in 1929 when we all tried to work By Boh Salter they didnt even have to foresee it. the term navigable like what will its Rather, together. They already had it. We had counI write this to all my happened in New Yorks last power waters" to mean those waters today in we the colonies, and ties, even which are truly navigable. The A real billion dollar friends both old, who knew it to failure. also had towns and cities. In fact, be true all the time; and new, who blowoff all of it in just 24 hours. court ruling now defines navigable no one, least of all American, as almost any body of have found a new understanding in Now imagine what will happen waters needed the Fabian Socialistic ideas as small as irrigation ditthe last few months. And, also to when it continues over a period of water, of government which are perenially ches. those who for one reason or months. "The Corps of Engineers now propounded as new and better by another found no time nor itnerest to a recent Jack According the Advisory Commission on to make any to discover their future possible Anderson column there was a requires permits 11 to nearly a waterways a Intergovernmental Relations condition. secret government survey sent to changes its and adherents. (ACIR) Its all becoming one in- only the top few people in system of red tape and bureaucratic delay which is comThe government with instructions, for divisible ball of wax. THE POINT unreasonable for farmers, church, your eyes only". It indicated that if pletely economy, government, uninranchers and other users of water The point clearly is; foreign affairs and the future. Take we attacked our fuel and economic in Lake Salt Idaho," McClure said. 1 expect corporated, urban of the foregoing subjects and problems on an emergency basis, it any County needs to be formed into they all lead to a common con- would be doubtful as to whether we this amendment to be approved by cities and towns. It is useless to the Senate sometime this week. clusion. We! You personally and 1 could succeed in time to prevent listen to doomsayers who preach This amendment agrees with are headed for trouble the likes of chaos and, yet, even a revolution. that such cities and towns are not which have already I can hear it now which this earth has never seen. well, it provisions such viable. economically Mostly passed through the House of I am not a prophet nor the son hasnt happened so far, has it? are to trying doomsayers protect of a Representatives so that we might prophet. Sometimes I dont Answer, right on! But neither had an assailable status quo. and some take care of this problem." believe Im very smart. Yet. I must 1929 or the first or second world finally are speaking from a position of McClure said. credit where credit is due. And wars, to say nothing about Korea McClure said that relatively realizing my shortcomings. I turn or Vietnam. They came as a thief in few As someone (possibly are aware that they are reto those who are considered expert the night as this will in the near and If men said: not are has Jefferson) Ive hea'd it quired to file for a federal permit, in their given fields. There is hardly forseeable future. and predicted a large outcry when capable of governing themselves, an economist who doesn't said, So what! I wont be any today individuals learn that their actions then how can they be capable of believe us to be on thin ice. worse off than anyone else. are subject to the permit. "Those governing others. Frank Batten says: We are all Correct! But you could be a lot few who have, in good faith, sought The time is past due in Salt on borrowed time, better off it you pulled out all stops living the federal permits have been subLake County for the formation of Prac and started now. At this point in economically speaking. cities and towns. Several existent jected to long delays while their aptically all of the preconditions for time procrastination is your worst natural communities other than disaster have been met. plications were being circulated to enemy. a legion of state and federal agenand Granger-HuntDraper As Howard Ruff puts it, No, Myers Finance and Energy already exist in the county. These has reversed itself and said that its not the end of the world and we cies. McClure said. with populations communities most of your assets should now be will finally make a comeback. He from several years ago are as in A promise should be gold. American Institute of says that you should have a spot to follows: given with caution and kept Economic Research says gold will pull back out of the metropolitan sell for $348.00 oz. in the next areas, especially the bay area of with care. 27,000 East Millcreek couple of years. Harry Shcultz California. 23,000 Holladay Wish I had room for all of you says that in case of panic buying it 17,000 Kearns could go to several thousand at Orange Mountain, but un10.000 Granite Park dollars per oz. He says. The world fortunately there are only 3 or 4 9,000 Cottonwood is going to have its financial rug spots left. 7,000 White City a 6,000 loveth The Lord Mt. Olympus 6.000 cheerful giver who doth Magna Some Congressmen not talk about it too much, (greater now) ABORTION that the way to suggest Individual cities or grouped-communinor expect a world of credit whip the gasoline shortage is IM TOO YOUNG TO DIE! cities could easily be for it to ride bicycles. Imagine formed from these communities. turning serious matters such NOw is the time to begin doing as war and economics over BUY AND DISTRIBUTE EXTRA COPIES OF this. Be a part of Utah history to people like that! Use of THE UTAH INDEPENDENT rather than only being acted upon be bicycles should bv it. developments cause stress in the existing situation. This is true, because as the numbers of people in unincorporated coun,ty increase all of the people in that jurisdiction are numerically forced further away from their only local, general purpose government. - f or re-def- WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE STATUS QUO? By Thomas O. Breitling In the overall or general case the status quo is like the balance sheet of a business. It only pertains to a single, defined entity, and it defines a condition which only exists at a certain point in time. However; what we mean when we refer to maintaining the status quo is that we want to maintain the existing state of affairs (the dicBut for tionary definition). constitutionalists, conservatives, and some libertarians the existing state of affairs politically, economically, and socially is often an abomination. Why, then, would we want to maintain it? Let me give some examples. In Utah the status quo means killing about 1,000 babies a year under the euphemism abortion and the more appalling term freedom of choice. In the Nation the status quo means ever increasing federal budgets, debt, and deviations from constitutional and such conservative principles; tax-pathings, for example, as a International Womens Year, which allows votes for State delegates, but appoints its own additional delegates of the correct" ideology, if the elected delegates do not fit the Insider designated mold. id SALT LAKE COUNTY STATUS QUO In Salt Lake County the political status quo would see unincorporated areas remain forever the same. Cities and towns could not be formed nor could existing cities annex from unincorporated county territory. At the same time new people, in addition to those of us already here, continue to move into the County, and babies are born daily; and both of these We may be tossed upon an ocean where we can see no land, nor perhaps the sun or stars. But there is a chart and a compass for us to study, to consult, and to obey. That chart is the Constitution. -- Daniel Webster The world is unhappy. It is unhappy because it doesnt know where it is going and because it senses that, if it knew, it would discover that it was heading for disaster. -Resident Valery Giscard d T'staing of Trance self-intere-st. er STOP ty ! because its encouraged The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed. People should be forced to work and not depend on the government for subsistence. Cicero great exercise, and would take pressure off the streets. Doubtless, it would help the fuel problem a little, but as a solution, its ridiculous. The way to whip the fuel shortage is to develop more fuel, in Alaska or Australia or wherever.. .And let the congressmen go off peddling their bikes instead of lion. -- Josh Billings 12 for $2.75 25 for $5.00 50 for $9.00 Dozen assorted copies older than 2 months $1.00 100 for $17.50 Price includes postage and handling. ISSUE DESIRED NAME ADDRESS problem... -- Ledger a time when the lion and the lamb will lie down together, but I am still betting on the 1 helping to complicate the Montrose, CA There may come 25C each CITY & Enclosed A man $ Total amount needs greater virtue to endure prosperity than to endure adversity. -- La ZIP STATE Rochefoucauld 57 East Oakland Avenue Salt Lake City, Utah 84115 |